Renunciation does not mean depriving oneself of what is truly good and useful in life but rather getting rid of unnecessary burdens. When hermits repeat ten times the magi mantra “I need nothing,” they are not making their life insipid but trying to get rid of the endless distractions that take over the mind and leave them with the bitter taste of lost time. They want to uncluttered their life to devote themselves completely to what is truly enriching.